A novel psychophysical method for estimating the time course of olfactory rapid adaptation in humans

Chemical Senses

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 717-725

  Smith, David W ^a,b   Gamble, Katherine R ^a   Heil, Thomas A ^c  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human psychophysics; Odor adaptation; Self adapting

Indexed keywords

CINEOLE;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OLFACTOMETRY; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SMELLING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VANILLA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ODORS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957299199     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjq073     Document Type: Article

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